Well, good evening, everyone. This is laura coates live. It has been 24 hours since that stark warning from israels military. The warning for more than a Million People living in Northern Gaza to leave their homes. Essentially get out or else. Well, we dont actually know how the people can really get out and we dont actually exactly know what the what else or or else will really mean but that means 24 hours now of desperation, of terror, of fear. People who are caught in the middle with nowhere else to go and then to complicate and confuse this even further, hamas is telling the people to stay where they are, so how do the people in the region even know who to listen to . Well, heres what we do know right now, gaza is bracing for a potential largescale Ground Operation against hamas in the wake of the deadly Terror Attacks in israel just last week. Now, its not clear, sitting here today, how many hostages may be held captive in gaza. President joe biden said this about the missing amer
That i think so many of us dont understand, but people are living through this right now. You end of, we both have children. We think about the a motions that are foreign, and the hope that you have when you have a newborn to raise your child together with a person that you love. But to have that news come in that way, after what has happened, it is unimaginable. And that they were able to share that really just, it underscores that real cruel reality of what were in right now, abby. Yeah, absolutely. That brutality, but theres also so much hope. And i just want to end on that note before you get started. There is a lot of hope still out there. So well and with that. Abby, thank you so much. And speaking of what could be tomorrow, it is actually already tomorrow. In israel. But the summit is actually not bringing more answers on the fifth day of a brutal war. And i dont know about you, but every time i see the death toll rise, my mind, it immediately goes to the hostages. I wonder, whe
Today as we come on air right now, its in washington, just after 7 00 in israel and gaza. On the israeli side, sirens are sounding, on the gaza side, the power supply is down. Cnn correspondents are on the front line of this war, miles from the gaza border, thats where Nick Robertson is right now, nick, what are you seeing there . Reporter we are hearing heavy detonations and gaza from Artillery Rounds that are being fired. Weve seen heavy artillery in placements, a few miles from here earlier on in the day. They were there yesterday but they are there today. These heavy rounds appear to be targeting the places where hamas might be trying to fire their rockets from but we are also hearing drone activity, we are seeing that behind me there. What you just heard was another one of those Artillery Rounds, impacting sorry to interrupt you. Nick, we just have to get to the president of the United States. He is speaking. This attack has brought to the surface this moment, we have to be crysta
Region and many of you may be learning in realtime, since hamas is unprecedented attack. And youre trying to understand the complexities and nuances, all of course while trying to process the horror of war. You are not alone and trying to polands win to lean in and when to look away. The stories of brutality and cruelty and manifestation are truly shocking. That death toll is still rising. At least 1200 people have been killed in israel since sunday, according to israels public broadcaster. Not hundred people dead in gaza, according to the Palestinian Ministry of health. Mothers, fathers, children, brothers, sisters, neighbors, friends slaughtered in the middle of their daily lives. Israel is hammering gaza with airstrikes Hitting Hundreds of targets and detergent neighborhoods to rubble. This new and unthinkable atrocities being uncovered in its territory after the devastating attack by hamas militants. That bloody hands of the Terrorist Organization hamas, a group whose status purpos
Im dana bash in washington, and we are following Breaking News. We continue our special coverage this hour. Just moments ago President Biden vowed to stand with israel and condemned the Terror Attack. [ sirens ]. This attack came at sunrise. The Palestinian Terror Group hamas launched an unprecedented Surprise Attack on israel, not just on israels military, but an untold number of civilians. You can see here not even the youngest of children are being spared the horror of the attacks on civilian areas. Video appears to show hamas fighters taking civilian hostages. There are reports that hamas has taken hostages across the border, back into the gaza. The attack comes on the 50th Anniversary of the i dont remember Kipp Pufr War when arab states blized israel. It also comes on the Jewish Sabbath and a jewish holy day. At least 200 israels are dead and 1500 wounded. Hamas has fired thousands of rockets. We want to warn you that some video from hamas may be disturbing, but it is important f